Genetics Unzipped

The Genetics Society
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From Mendel's peas to personal genome sequencing, Genetics Unzipped brings you stories from the world of genes, genomes and DNA. In association with The Genetics Society.

  1. 25/01/2024

    Next Generation Sequence

    Please fill out our listener survey at geneticsunzipped.com/survey before January 31st This episode is all about the next generation, as we meet three up-and-coming scientists who have been supported by the Genetics Society, and learn all about Bermuda skinks, the Black Death and life after a genetics PhD. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

    38 min

  2. 11/01/2024

    The battle for biology

    Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/survey In this episode, we talk to Greg Radick from the University of Leeds to explore the impact that Gregor Mendel and his populariser William Bateson have had on the past century of genetics, and ask whether there could have been a more Weldonian view of the world. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

    43 min

  3. 21/12/2023

    2023 Unzipped

    Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/survey As 2023 draws to a close, we’re bringing you a smorgasbord of previously unaired clips from some of our favourite interviews this year. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page & Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

    36 min

  4. 14/12/2023

    Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’

    Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/survey We discover how 500,000 whole genome from UK Biobank will help medical research, plumb the depths of the ‘dark genome’ with Nucleome, and Larry Moran tells us how much of our DNA is just junk. Please fill out our short listener survey here Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

    38 min

  5. 30/11/2023

    40 years of HIV

    Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/survey With 2023 marking 40 years since the discovery of HIV, we're looking back over four decades of AIDS, from the earliest whispers of a mysterious new disease to fighting back against this deadly virus. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner in collaboration with Sally Le Page and with additional research by Miyako Rogers. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

    35 min

  6. 16/11/2023

    Dumb luck

    Author and science journalist Rebecca Coffey chats with us about some amazing adaptations and Darwinian delights from her book, Beyond Primates. She tells us about wasp facial recognition genes, how yeast epigenetics explain the Dutch Hunger Winter and a dinner party tale of spider cannibalism. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

    29 min

  7. 02/11/2023

    Time of your life

    In this episode we’re clocking in to chat about the genetics of circadian rhythms. How can molecules tell the time, why don’t we have drugs for jet lag yet and could a midnight snack stop malaria in its tracks? Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

  8. 19/10/2023

    That's so extra

    We explore the weird and wonderful world of extrachromosomal DNA - what it is, what it does, and why it breaks the normal rules of inheritance. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

    33 min
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From Mendel's peas to personal genome sequencing, Genetics Unzipped brings you stories from the world of genes, genomes and DNA. In association with The Genetics Society.

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  • Creator
    The Genetics Society
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    167
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © The Genetics Society
  • Show Website
    Genetics Unzipped

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